Netanyahu says people of Gaza will overthrow Hamas
AFP
JERUSALEM- Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Tuesday predicted the people of the Gaza Strip will one day overthrow the Islamist group Hamas, which controls the enclave of 1.5 million inhabitants.
"By making the Palestinians of Gaza wear a veil, the Hamas regime is not doing much to make itself popular," Netanyahu said at the National Security Academy's graduation ceremony.
"If the Palestinians could, they would overthrow Hamas and believe me one day they will," Netanyahu was quoted by YNetnews website as saying.
He also predicted: "Eventually, radical Islam will be defeated by the global information revolution, the freedom to spread ideas and with the help of technology."
"This won’t happen immediately, but it will happen. The only thing that could delay or disrupt radical Islam's demise is the possibility that (radicals) will obtain nuclear arms," he said.
Hamas seized control of the Gaza Strip in June 2007 after splitting with the more secular Fatah movement of Palestian president Mahmud Abbas.
On Sunday, Palestinian officials said Hamas has ordered women lawyers to wear a headscarf in court.
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He also predicted: "Eventually, radical Islam will be defeated by the global information revolution, the freedom to spread ideas and with the help of technology."
"This won’t happen immediately, but it will happen. The only thing that could delay or disrupt radical Islam's demise is the possibility that (radicals) will obtain nuclear arms," he said.
Hamas seized control of the Gaza Strip in June 2007 after splitting with the more secular Fatah movement of Palestian president Mahmud Abbas.
On Sunday, Palestinian officials said Hamas has ordered women lawyers to wear a headscarf in court.
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